Rich Bella

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Owner and Founder of FocusBella, Rich Bella aka Mr. Focus, is the Team Manager. From your consultation to the delivery of your finished product, Rich oversees the process to ensure that FocusBella always delivers the highest quality, within the time-frame requested.

Bio

Rich Bella aka "Mr. Focus" is a passionate cinematographer that has a "raw and real" feel to his style of shooting while maintaining that Hollywood gloss appeal in every frame. His shot style has you feeling the emotion through the lens and how it is interpreted by the mood of the story being told. Mr. Focus started his journey in film in 2008 by putting over 10,000 hours into practice in less than 2 years, he was able to make a professional living doing what he loves by 2011. With immense focus on his craft Rich has progressed as an up and coming Director of Photography since his humble beginnings. Rich Bella has freelanced for CBS and has had opportunities to shoot "The Game", Estelle, Whitney Houston, Tony Rock, Jesse Campbell and much more. In January of 2012, he DP'd his first short film that received an honorable mention at an international film festival. Currently, Rich has DP'd 6 more short films. Rich has shot several music videos and will be shooting a few features within the year. Be on the look out for this promising DP who's FOCUS is beyond the lens.

The Team

Company Adviser

Writer - Director - PRoducer

Bamm Ericsen

Bamm Ericsen is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his BA from Humboldt State University in Theatre Arts, Film and Dance. Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles to attend Cal State Los Angeles and earned his MA in Scriptwriting for Film & TV. Bamm is an actor, writer, producer and host. He’s appeared in various commercials, music videos and television. He’s also the co-creator and executive producer of the 2012 LA Web Fest Award winning The Speel iT Show. He’s also the CEO/Founder of Bigg Sixx Entertainment and is currently in pre production for his first feature film, “The Shack” coming summer 2013. Follow on twitter @bammericsen.

j. Enoch Freeman

J. Enoch Freeman has been a Writer, Director, and Producer for 20 years.

Key Crew Members

Editor

Lewis Gonzalez

Lewis is an amazing editor. He is not afraid to take on any challenge from long form editing to quick cuts. He has a seamless style that threads together the story where it feels organic and simple. On his 2nd Job with FocusBella he hit a home run on a DreamWorks project.

Lewis was the Editor for DreamWorksTV cover Brianna Leah did for Tori Kelly, "I was Made For Loving You." Lewis edited ""Out of Bounds" a short film FocusBella shot.

Camera Operator

DON HICKMAN

Don Hickman is a veteran Camera Operator. He works as a regular at Agape International Spiritual Center shooting for Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith. He has shot with FocusBella Productions on the Special Olympics shoot and on a USC shoot. His ability to see the shot live and capture the moments with grace and ease is an extraordinary skill.

Sound Team

TONY NEWEN

Anthony Newen has held numerous positions on video and movie shoots and has found his place as a Sound Engineer. Anthony has worked with brands like Toyota, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and American Heart Association, online creators like Lilly Singh and King Bach, and has learned from Lee Orloff (Terminator 2, Pirates of the Carribean) and Mark Steinbeck (The X-Files). He's grown quickly within the industry and continues to learn to capture and record the best sound possible for any project he work on.

Tony has worked the most with FocusBella from corporate gigs to narrative films. He is the main sound engineer for the upcoming film, "Like Blood" with Tallie Brinson, Sheldon A. Smith, and CJ Wallace, directed by Zaahir Abdullah.

Mackenzie Vose

Mackenzie is an excellent Sound Engineer in the field and in the studio. She gets the sound right from production to post. Her technical schooling to in the field gives her the qualifications to getting the job done in a sound manner.

Mackenzie is the Sound Engineer for "BEyond Hope" the movie for production and post-production.

Errol Ryan

Errol is an adept audio engineer, with skills ranging from live sound, to on set audio recording. With specialization in studio recording and sound mixing/ boom operating. His Bachelors degree in Audio Production gives him the creative edge in this ever growing competitive industry, and thinking outside of the box is his forte.

Errol is the Sound Mixer for "Rivals" a 2014 Web-Series Production. Mr. Ryan has also venture into shooting BTS for FocusBella.

FocusBella Affiliates

Bilal Samadhi

Bilal is Co-Founder of Mystic Column/ Sunland/ Sony BMG Music, in which he overseas the musical direction of all FocusBella Productions.

Mikuak Rai

Mikuak Rai is the Project Manger. From film to music, his objective is to create a dynamic harmony within each project, to bring forth complete audio-visual excellence to each project.